I started writing on a flight back to America. Ended up almost done, at about 4,000 words.
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This is one of my least favourite moments: The first sentence. Where all the wonderful phrases that seem so amazing in my head face reality.pic.twitter.com/24NlJmul9R
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Plus, you know, empty page and all that. (Here: Notes. I usually write on Medium – something about its typography ;·) – but I was offline.)
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I keep a list of things to do after I am done, incl. pushing myself to sharpen the language a bit…pic.twitter.com/5n81ZQTzxV
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…plus asking specific kind people for review later (asking a specific person for specific reason with specific questions is the best way).
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I write in a very, very messy way, all over the place, leaving a lot of TK placeholders.pic.twitter.com/8z6UsYe4SY
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I also keep the original list of ideas and phrases below. Bold = yet unused.pic.twitter.com/M8QMXSZ1JF
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It all somehow comes together in the end. But right now, I kind of hate this piece – it feels weird and rambling.
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This is normal (for me), too. Will come back to it in a few days and things will be better.
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The “for me” part feels important. There is no one way to write. There is no one reason to write, either.
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I learned to trust my own process over time. It no longer feels scary that 5 minutes before finishing a story still feels like a giant mess.
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Or: Some people need zero internet to write. For me internet-less writing is an exception; I usually look up stuff I am unsure about…
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…or negotiate the landscape with an online dictionary/thesaurus in hand. But that’s a bit later in the process.
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